Central Catholic will hit the road tonight attempting to stop an offensive juggernaut on the court in Hamilton Christian Academy.
Not only is the Lake Charles-based school, the No. 7 seed in the Class 1A playoffs capable of scoring lots of points, they also are perfect in the new year.

The Franklin Fire Department responded with three units and seven personnel to a school bus and car accident on Weber Street at 4:46 p.m., Monday. Fire personnel evaluated everyone involved and there were no injuries. There were 19 students on the bus and three persons in the vehicle.

Members of the Chitimacha Nation steady a paddler in Tour du Teche, the 135-mile ultra-marathon down the entire length of Bayou Teche. The tribe hosts a deluxe checkpoint on its reservation near Charenton every year, cooking hot dogs and padding the concrete ramp with discarded carpet from Cypress Bayou Casino. Now the Nation is the finish line for a 20-mile race starting in New Iberia on April 18. (Gini McKain/Tour du Teche photo)

Tour du Teche Inc., will hold two one-day races for kayaks, canoes, pirogues and stand-up paddleboards this spring, one in April and one in May.